10 questions to know before setting up a fuel pellet mill

There is no doubt that the pellet fuel processed by the fuel pellet machine has market prospects. If you have enough raw materials suitable for processing pellet fuel, you can consider setting up a pellet processing plant, but before you make this decision, you must know these 10 question:

1. What are your raw materials?

There are so many raw materials that can be made into pellets, from common sawdust and logs, to some oil palm trunks or bamboo, the raw material is everything, it determines the burning value of the pellet, it determines whether you need a pulverizer or a dryer to adjust the material size and water content, it determines what type of fuel pellet machine you need, etc.

2. The moisture content of raw materials.

When talking about pellet production, the moisture content of the raw material is a key factor that you need to scrutinize carefully, you may not know that higher moisture content increases the final cost per pellet because you need more investment to dry the material to allow moisture content to an acceptable level.

3. Do you need a dryer?

What is the energy consumption of the dryer? As mentioned in the above question, raw materials with high moisture content need to be dried.

4. The initial size of the raw material.

Making granules is not simple. It does not just need to feed raw materials of any shape into the granulator and wait for the granules to come out. In practice, we have encountered various materials of different shapes, which may be powders, blocks, wood chips, Even whole tree trunks, but the production of pellets needs to be done in a moderate and smooth manner, which is why you can always find a shredder at a pellet mill, which aims to cut the raw material to a uniform size.

5. What size pellets do you need?

In the wood pellet industry, the size of pellets refers to the diameter of the cross-section, 6mm, 8mm and 10mm are the three most commonly used sizes, but if customers require other sizes, pellet mill manufacturers can readjust the ring die to meet your requirements , the ring die is the key part of the fuel pellet machine, which directly determines the diameter of the final pellet.

6. How is your power supply?

Different regions may have different power conditions. For example, in China, industrial power supply is lower than 380V, 50Hz, three-phase, and residential conditions are lower than 220V, 50Hz, single-phase, this is not a big problem, but please contact the fuel pellet machine manufacturer and make sure to supply them with the correct data so they can do the correct power calculations for you.

7. How many ingredients can you provide per hour/day?

More raw material supply means more pellets can be produced and also more investment capital, for example, if your raw material supply is 1 ton per hour, then a pellet machine is sufficient for this task, but if You have a raw material supply of 10 tons/hour, you definitely need a pellet machine with a large output, the pellet machine accounts for a large part of the cost of the entire pellet factory, calculate carefully and find the correct value.

8. What is the purpose of processing pellets?

You either sell it for profit or use it for your own project, if you plan to sell pellets, there are two more conditions, one is to find out the pellet price in the local market and figure out what you can accept per ton The cost of raw materials, and the cost of production equipment that you can accept, after you know all the information, you can make a selling price that suits your profit.

Another is that in order to sell pellets, you need to buy a baler, pack the pellets in bags and give it a brand.

9. Which port in your country will be used to receive products?

If you choose a domestic supplier, they offer FOB (Free On Board) prices, however, CIF (Cost, Freight, Insurance) prices are also available if you know the information, for those who intend to sell pellets overseas Said that, for his own sake, he had better know the information of the harbour clearly.

10. What are the local environmental requirements? What is the subsidy policy?

Dust occurs during drying and pellet production. Although dust collectors try to reduce dust emissions as much as possible, they still need to comply with local industrial production environmental protection regulations. In addition, since pellet fuel is known as renewable clean energy, many countries The government encourages it by offering subsidies to energy producers.